Blistering

Getting back to the football and the subjet of this thread, I think Hawthorn has more problems than Melbourne and we will turn it around tomorrow. I just have that feeling. Go Dees!

Shmekel

I was reading an interesting article by Chris McDermott on the Adelaide Crows and the fact that they have the oldest list in the competiiton:- http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0...0-21543,00.html Mc Dermott doesn't think age will be a problem for Adelaide in its campaign to stay in the top four. I think however, that you can sometimes be too old and the Crows might have missed their window of opportunity to win a flag. On the other hand, I think the Demons have got it just right at the moment with a mature team but with quite a few young prospects ready to make an impact. We're probably a couple of players away from making a real challenge to the Eagles and Swans provided some of those young players stand up and improve this year.

One player who won't suffer is David Neitz who always fights hard for front position and is often pushed in the back with no reward from the umpires. I think the rule will result in higher scores overall because forwards will benefit from it.

Thanks to WJ and Toad33 for your excellent coverage of training. Please continue to keep us informed and also let us know when and where the next training sessions take place. Are the clubs being affected in ground selection by the drought?

IMO those things might help you to become a good AFL footballer but you need haps more to become a superstar. Let's not put pressure on the kid before he's even played a single game but handing out what might well be an unrealistic label.

A couple of the games every week will clash so 6 games per weekend will do me.

The skipper tonight dining at Aromas in Ormond Road, Elwood with a few mates. Looked very trim indeed. I think he's getting ready for a big year!